Russia must protect human rights defenders
05/05/2011
It is with dismay we have learned of the forthcoming criminal trial against Oleg Orlov, head of Memorial and 2009 laureate of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize. This trial, scheduled for 17 May and initiated by the Chechen...
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Elections for Tibetan Government in exile a stark contrast to Chinese suppression of dissent
21/03/2011
About 85,000 Tibetans around the world voted yesterday for a new leader and members of parliament to take up the resistance against Chinese rule over their Himalayan homeland.
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ALDE Senior MEP in Cairo to assess situation at first hand
17/02/2011
Edward McMillan-Scott (LibDem, UK), Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for democracy and founder of the European Union’s €160m democracy and human rights instrument, is currently inEgypt’s capital Cairo to...
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